I have some data structures, and I would like to use one as a temporary, and another as not temporary.
ArrayList myObject = new ArrayList();
ArrayList myTempObject = new ArrayList();
//fill myTempObject here
....
//make myObject contain the same values as myTempObject
myObject = myTempObject;
//free up memory by clearing myTempObject
myTempObject.clear();
now the problem with this of course is that myObject is really just pointing to myTempObject, and so once myTempObject is cleared, so is myObject.
How do I retain the values from myTempObject in myObject using java?
解决方案
You can use such trick:
myObject = new ArrayList(myTempObject);
or use
myObject = (ArrayList)myTempObject.clone();
You can get some information about clone() method here
But you should remember, that all these ways will give you a copy of your List, not all of its elements. So if you change one of the elements in your copied List, it will also be changed in your original List.